Anupam Kher to play former PM Manmohan Singh on-screen

Anupam Kher to play former PM Manmohan Singh on-screen . Anupam Kher has time and again stunned the audiences with power-packed performances.

Veteran actor Anupam Kher will play Manmohan Singh in a movie based on a memoir by the former prime minister’s media adviser Sanjay Baru.

According to news , a screen adaptation of Sanjaya Baru’s controversial book ‘The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh will have Kher play the titular role.

The film is expected to be out in December 2018, a few months ahead of the Lok Sabha election in 2019. It will be interesting to see how the venture turns out on the big screens as there are several controversial pointers presented in the book.

This movie will directed by first-time filmmaker Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, and produced by Sunil Bohra.

Baru worked at the PMO between 2004 and 2008. He claimed in his memoir that Singh’s functioning was repeatedly hampered by Indian National Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi’s interference. The book was predictably dismissed by the Congress party, but it helped reinforce the perception that Singh was a “silent” prime minister who wasn’t allowed to fully grow into his role during his two terms.

Anupam Kher’s casting is significant in more ways than one: the acclaimed actor has emerged as a strong pro-Bharatiya Janata Party voice and highly vocal baiter of liberal supporters. “Acting the role of anyone in contemporary history is extremely challenging, as comparisons are bound to be instant and inevitable,” he told.